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Cross eyed is where the eyes do not both look straight ahead, but are misaligned so one or both point slightly inward. This can cause a person to have double-vision, since the two images from the eyes are misaligned.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

Is a type of:

Eye disorders • Eye movement problem

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Eye

Symptoms

Eye movement problem
Abnormal eye movement
Double vision

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Cross eyed
Botulinum toxin (botox) injection
Echothiophate iodide
Phospholine iodide

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